NEW YORK: U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Mining and Banking sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 added 1.35%.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Hargreaves Lansdown PLC (LONDON:HRGV), which rose 7.00% or 78.00 points to trade at 1193.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Anglo American PLC (LONDON:AAL) added 5.54% or 39.00 points to end at 742.90 and Glencore PLC (LONDON:GLEN) was up 4.80% or 6.6000 points to 144.2000 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were GlaxoSmithKline PLC (LONDON:GSK), which fell 1.24% or 16.500 points to trade at 1312.500 at the close. Mondi PLC (LONDON:MNDI) declined 1.01% or 15.00 points to end at 1472.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LONDON:RRS) was down 0.91% or 34.00 points to 3719.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1606 to 587 and 417 ended unchanged.
Gold for December delivery was down 1.48% or 16.60 to $1104.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in October fell 1.57% or 0.72 to hit $45.22 a barrel, while the October Brent oil contract fell 1.81% or 0.90 to trade at $48.62 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.24% to 1.5359, while EUR/GBP fell 0.20% to 0.7264.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.45% at 96.28.